What a feast we have in God’s Word this week! John included several names to introduce who Jesus is. In her book, Walking on Water, Madeleine L’Engle wrote, “To name is to love. To be Named is to be loved.”1 Earlier, on the same topic of names, a character in…
This week I attended a Christian writers conference. I emphasized “Christian” because this conference is like summer camp for writers. The people who attend all bring their experiences with God and his Word to the conversation. God’s Word informs our writing, and the conference included worship and devotion times. I…
The Sovereign Lord is also a God of restoration and reconciliation. He calls His people back to Himself over and over again. He does all this for His glory, to uphold the power and essence of His holy Name. We observed in Ezekiel 19 how God remained true to His…
We don’t really have snow–yet. And I could count on less than ten fingers the number of sunrises I’ve seen this year (although there have been a few). Photos like this remind us God is faithful through it all. Ezekiel’s writing invites us to read slowly, study, pause, savor, and…
The week before Thanksgiving, the women’s Bible study I attend studied Titus chapter 2, which includes words to help us reflect on the first Advent candle, hope. The hope of Christmas spans past, present, and future. For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It…
Chapter 10 is fascinating reading. There’s so much here it will take more than one week to read and study. Ezekiel saw the same, or a similar, vision as the one described in chapter 1. Except, we now have much more context regarding God’s interactions with Israel in these scenes….
Through reading the story of Israel’s relationship with God, we observe not only His justice and punishment of the wicked, but also about God’s mercy and compassion to always save for Himself a remnant. In this chapter, Ezekiel described a time when God reserved a remnant of righteous people for…
We left off with Ezekiel repeating his theme, the reason for writing down God’s spoken message: that people might know that I AM the Lord. “In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were…
It’s been a couple of weeks since we read Ezekiel’s writing, which is longer than the prophet waited on God in chapter 3. Given what happened during the “pause,” I need a brief recap to refocus on this part of God’s Word. God called Ezekiel to sit with exiles—those far…
First, thank you for your kindness in not calling me out for misspelling Ezekiel last week. (What was I thinking?!) We pick up in Ezekiel chapter 3 where we left off, as Ezekiel had partaken of the Word of God. This passage is the beginning of God’s Words of woe…